It's no secret that frost is the best option for harvesting fruits and berries for the winter, because it allows you to save most of the bioactive substances. However, how difficult it is to resist a jar of favorite jam, fanned by the scent of hot summer and warm childhood memories. It is a pity, of course, that this favorite dish by many is not very useful, and there are not so many calories in it, as in most sweets, but also enough.
How many calories are in the jam?
Jam - a whole or large-cut fruit , berries, nuts, as well as some flowers, cooked in sweet syrup. Naturally, the majority of useful substances contained in the original plant raw materials are lost with such processing, however, some amount of vitamins and minerals still remains in the finished product. Therefore, such a dessert is a more useful alternative to sweets or baked goods, but inferior to dried, frozen and of course fresh fruit and berries.
The calorie content of the jam depends on the nature of the raw materials, because it is its qualities - acidity, juiciness - that determine the amount of sugar needed to make a treat. Some of the richest calories are:
- cherry jam - caloric content: 298 kilocalories per 100 g;
- plum jam - its calorific value is 288 kilocalories;
- jam from the currant - caloric content: 284 kilocalories.
For these varieties of fruit and berry dessert you need a lot of sugar, because. the feedstock has an acidic taste. The fewer calories can boast:
- apricot jam - its calorific value is about 263 kcal;
- apple jam - caloric content: 265 kilocalories;
- strawberry jam - its calorific value is 272 kilocalories;
- raspberry jam - calorie content: 273 kcal.
Of course, this dessert calorie content is relatively low, but it contains too much refined carbohydrates, which are often "responsible" for extra pounds.